Leonesi Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Leonesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Leonesi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy891:687,15459,360
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
France161:4,151,420237,746

Leonesi (17) may also be a first name.

Leonesi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leonesi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Leonesi is carried by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leonesi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,565,797th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Leonesi is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Leonesi reside; 68 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 68 percent reside in Italic Europe. Leonesi is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 17 people.

The surname Leonesi is most commonly held in Italy, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 687,154. In Italy it is most numerous in: Marche, where 35 percent reside, Emilia-Romagna, where 29 percent reside and Trentino-Alto Adige, where 24 percent reside. Aside from Italy this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent reside and France, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leonezi8656/
Leonese8641/
Leonesy862/
Lionesi862/
Leonisi861/
Leonises805/
Leoneise801/
Leoniza7180/
Leoneza7122/
Leonise7120/
Leonege712/
Leongnisai711/
Leonize711/
Leonigi711/
Leonheiser710/
Leonizze672/
Leonaice671/
Leonoise670/
Leonhiser634/
Leanige570/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Leonesi
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